Triple

T256676
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Benjamin Franklin E5449 entity
Predicate heldPosition P8 FINISHED
Object Postmaster General of the United States
The Postmaster General of the United States is the chief executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, responsible for overseeing the nation’s mail system and postal operations.
E33101 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Postmaster General of the United States | Statement: [Benjamin Franklin, heldPosition, Postmaster General of the United States]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Postmaster General of the United States
Context triple: [Benjamin Franklin, heldPosition, Postmaster General of the United States]
  • A. Comptroller of the Treasury
    The Comptroller of the Treasury was a senior U.S. federal financial officer responsible for overseeing government accounts, auditing public expenditures, and ensuring proper management of federal funds in the early Treasury Department.
  • B. Post Office Department
    The Post Office Department was the former cabinet-level agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for national mail delivery before its functions were transferred to the United States Postal Service in 1971.
  • C. Treasurer of the United States
    The Treasurer of the United States is a senior federal official responsible for overseeing the nation’s coinage and currency operations and whose signature appears on U.S. paper money.
  • D. Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service
    The Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service is the independent governing body that sets policy, directs operations, and oversees the management and finances of the USPS.
  • E. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
    The Clerk of the United States House of Representatives is a nonpartisan legislative officer responsible for maintaining official records, overseeing legislative documentation and proceedings, and supporting the administrative functioning of the House.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Postmaster General of the United States
Triple: [Benjamin Franklin, heldPosition, Postmaster General of the United States]
Generated description
The Postmaster General of the United States is the chief executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, responsible for overseeing the nation’s mail system and postal operations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Postmaster General of the United States
Target entity description: The Postmaster General of the United States is the chief executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, responsible for overseeing the nation’s mail system and postal operations.
  • A. Comptroller of the Treasury
    The Comptroller of the Treasury was a senior U.S. federal financial officer responsible for overseeing government accounts, auditing public expenditures, and ensuring proper management of federal funds in the early Treasury Department.
  • B. Post Office Department
    The Post Office Department was the former cabinet-level agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for national mail delivery before its functions were transferred to the United States Postal Service in 1971.
  • C. Treasurer of the United States
    The Treasurer of the United States is a senior federal official responsible for overseeing the nation’s coinage and currency operations and whose signature appears on U.S. paper money.
  • D. Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service
    The Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service is the independent governing body that sets policy, directs operations, and oversees the management and finances of the USPS.
  • E. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
    The Clerk of the United States House of Representatives is a nonpartisan legislative officer responsible for maintaining official records, overseeing legislative documentation and proceedings, and supporting the administrative functioning of the House.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: heldPosition
Context triple: [Benjamin Franklin, heldPosition, Postmaster General of the United States]
  • A. positionHeld chosen
    Indicates that an entity occupies or has occupied a specific role, job, office, or position within an organization or context.
  • B. held
    Indicates that one entity physically grasped, carried, or kept another entity in its possession or control.
  • C. holding
    Indicates that one entity is physically grasping, carrying, or keeping another entity in its possession or control.
  • D. heldThat
    Indicates that an entity (often a person or authority) maintained, asserted, or concluded that a particular proposition or judgment is true.
  • E. positionA
    Indicates the spatial or ordered position of an entity A within a defined reference frame or sequence.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69a2580a64ac8190ad76e34bb0715b5e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25d5884c88190a349d7593b688921 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a37958242c81909d114fba70b4211c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:25 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a379b2662c81909903c43b544dda06 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:26 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a37a5bdbb08190a0b8a053adc6c797 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:29 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a25b694c08819085bb4b256fa7736f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:05 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:55 a.m.